No need to apologise - curve fitting is a big issue. But I would think that everything that happens on kaggle would be curve fitting by your definition right?

No need to apologise - curve fitting is a big issue. But I would think that everything that happens on kaggle would be curve fitting by your definition right? And how is the stuff that happens in brains something other than curve fitting? It's how you connect the data dots and what you choose to focus on that makes the difference.